Post on 04-Feb-2018
transcript
IS CHIP THE FULFILLMENT OF 666 ?
All Scripture quotations are taken from
the Authorized King James Bible
FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION
CONTENTS
FOREWORD__________________________________________1 I INTRODUCTION__________________________________8
II 666___________________________________________9
Barcode______________________________________10
Chip and VeriChip____________________________12
Biochip______________________________________15
RFID_________________________________________27
III THE FINAL RULER OF THE WORLD_________________30
IV THE FOUR CHARACTERS OF THE END OF TIMES______35
The Devil____________________________________41
The Ten Kingdoms_____________________________41
The Antichrist_______________________________47
The False Prophet____________________________53
The World After The 666Chip Implant__________69
The Fate of Those Who Refuse The 666Chip_____70
V THE RAPTURE__________________________________76
VI THE TRIBULATION AND GOD’S WRATH______________80
Two Visions of John__________________________80 Seven Disasters of God’s Wrath_______________81 The 144,000 Tribal Descendants of Israel ____87 Rapture in the Book of Revelation____________88
The Structure of the Book of Revelation______90
VII THE PERSECUTION AND THE SEVEN SEALS__________91 The First Seal/The White Horse_______________92 The Second Seal/The Red Horse________________96 The Third Seal/The Black Horse_______________101 The Fourth Seal/The Pale Horse_______________103 The Fifth Seal_______________________________104 The Sixth Seal/The Rapture___________________104 The Seventh Seal_____________________________109
VIIITHE TWO WITNESSES OF GOD ____________________110
IX THE ATTITUDE OF GOD’S CHILDREN_______________113 How to Avoid 666Chip_________________________113 How We Should Keep Ourselves Alive___________114 To Have Oil in the Vessels __________________117 Prayer and the Family Altar__________________121 Taking Care of the Family ___________________122
X THE END______________________________________123
THE BOOK OF REVELATION IN A NEW STRUCTURE____125
1
FOREWORD
Joel 2:1, “Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy
mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD
cometh, for it is nigh at hand;”
On important events, blowing the trumpet was the usual
thing to do. Blowing the trumpet was also usually done
at rituals of worship in God’s Temple, or on certain
holidays, or as a warning of an enemy’s attack, or as
an alarm of approaching danger. The quotation of the
above Bible verse is a reminder to blow the trumpet or
shout from God’s Temple to warn all people that the
day of the Lord is coming near... A warning that
causes all people who hear it tremble...
In the lives of the Indonesian communities,
particularly in several areas on the Island of Java,
warning signals are given by beating on a piece of
hollow bamboo, or a small drum-like gadget called
“kentong” in different ways. For instance, when the
“kentong” is beaten continuously, it means that there
is an emergency or danger that needs immediate
attention of the community. If it is beaten four times
with spacing, it means that there is flood in a
certain area, and that the water level is rising.
Those signals are used as a warning to whoever needs
to know the important information. Nowadays, for
danger signals or warnings to increase alertness,
2
people more likely use sirens. For example, at the
start of Ramadhan, sirens are sounded, signaling the
breaking of the fast together. It is also done to
commemorate the proclamation moments, or at the time
the community is urged to stop all activities to have
a moment of solitude for a few minutes to remember the
services of the late heroes.
If we pay attention to the mass media today, we find
that actually many people have already “blown the
trumpet” to warn that there is a threatening danger,
but that not many could “hear” those warnings. One of
the many warnings that is continuously sounded is the
warning about the end of times, about the prophecies
in the Bible which fulfillments have become more and
more obvious.
Prophecies! Many Christians today do not pay much
attention to the prophecies in the Bible, they even
ignore them. There are some who think that they do not
make any sense, and that they are non-sense. Even
more, amidst the world that promotes common sense,
that worships the mind, all the prophecies in the
Bible are just considered as myths or imaginations, or
even considered as jokes based on the presupposition
that prophecies are things that had happened, but were
noted down and reported later on as if they will
happen in the future. Many Christians maintain this
3
opinion. There are even more extreme ones who
emphasize that all prophecies in the Bible have
already been fulfilled, and there are also those who
think that the prophecies are far from being fulfilled
and consider them as puzzles that need not be
responded too seriously.
It is necessary to understand that some prophecies in
the Bible have already been fulfilled, some are being
fulfilled, and some will be fulfilled. Indeed, to
identify the prophecies that are being fulfilled and
the prophecies that will be fulfilled, we need sharp
observation and insight in beholding the signs of the
last days. Did not the Lord Jesus scold the Pharisees
who could not see the signs of time, while they were
very much used to the signs of nature and at least
could predict whether the weather would be hot or
rainy, because they paid attention and observed those
things! Why were they able to discern seasons and
time, or predict whether the day was going to be
bright or rainy? Because they paid attention and
observed those things! Care, attention and curiosity
would bring them to those conclusions that could
predict what was happening and what would happen.
There are many prophecies of the Bible that are being
fulfilled, or are going to their fulfillments. Those
who pay attention and care will receive certain
4
enlightenment which will result in a prediction into
the future about what will happen. Recently, many
people have begun to pay attention to their
surroundings and begin to investigate the things which
are taking place. Then, they try to search their
Bibles, to find whether these occurrences are part of
the fulfillments of the prophecies which are written
in the Bible. And, when somebody, or a group of people
begin to see the relevance between their findings and
their times, they usually order themselves “to blow
the trumpet” to warn the believers who have probably
become careless by the worldly soothings to be alert
and begin to prepare themselves to welcome that what
has been written in the book of prophecies. But, of
course the “sound of the sirens” will only be heeded
and responded to by those who care to listen to it.
Will the “sound of the sirens” be the focus of their
attention? No! The sound of the sirens is only a means
to signal that there is something that they have to
pay attention to, be alert and prepared for! It is the
message that has been delivered that they have to
focus on!
This is similar to the case of a doctor who has found
certain symptoms in his patient and warned him to be
prepared for what is coming. The patient is warned to
prepare himself by avoiding certain things so that he
would not have a sudden attack that could be fatal.
5
For example, when the patient has shown signs of a
possible sudden heart-attack, the doctor will “blow
the trumpet” or warn the patient not to eat food that
would be fatal for him.
This booklet is the results of the writers’
observations of the things that are happening around
and their efforts to relate them with parts of certain
prophecies in the Bible. This booklet presents some
observations made lately of occurrences that had been
meditated upon, researched as much as possible, then
connected with prophecies of the Bible--particularly
with the ones related to the end of times. The purpose
is not to calculate and then determine the time, nor
frighten the readers, but to warn the readers of
things that may happen in the near future. The writers
of this book are just blowers of the trumpets, having
seen the signs of the last days that lead to the
fulfillment of the prophecies in the Bible, pointing
to the summit of prophecies: The new Heaven and Earth.
We do not dare to determine, or predict when and how
it will happen then, we only show the signs that point
in that direction! We are not fortune tellers, we only
see, observe, and report it in writing as a “person
beating the drum” with the hope that there are people
willing to pay attention, not to this writing, but to
the very Word of God. We do not act as if we are
“prophets,” hence it is more suitable to say that we
6
are simply people that are shouting with the hope that
there may be some people who are willing to listen and
prepare themselves to welcome the great and glorious
day!
This book tries to gather data which are specially
selected for this purpose from various sources which
are reliable, so they are not just mere thoughts or
what people say, but something which may be compared
to, meditated on, discussed, and even debated about to
come to specific conclusions. Indeed, it is also
necessary to admit that what has been compiled in this
book is still very limited, but in the very fact of
its limitation, we feel that there is such an urgency
that Christians be aware again of what is happening
around them, so that they are not carried away by the
worldly currents that get more uncontrollable and
appear to flow stronger and faster.
In this book there is the question about the relation
between the chip with the 666 code and the prophecy in
the book of Revelation about the number 666: is it
true that there is a relation? Why does the “barcode”
that is getting more popular in the world use the same
number combination, which later on is used in
programming the biochip that is promoted in the USA by
President Barrack Obama with his “Öbama-Care” program?
Is it possible that the biochip will be developed and
7
become an Identity Card for every person in this
world? Then, what are the consequences for those who
do not want to be implanted with this biochip? We try
to find the answers to all these questions through
discussions and by searching the internet, books, et
cetera.
This writing has been presented in public seminars,
and we have tried to get input so that the thought
developments get more and more complete. Indeed, the
contents of this book are still debatable, but the
writers’ longings are that the readers are willing to
open their minds and are ready to face the issues that
are developing on this earth and begin to be on the
alert for things that may lead to apostasy. For, the
shifting of faith does not happen suddenly but
gradually, step by step, and often without any
realization. When everything goes on peacefully, all
of a sudden death befalls because people are not
prepared. Remember the Lord Jesus’ teaching about the
ten virgins in the gospel of Matthew, those who do not
prepare themselves as best as they can will be left
behind. That is why we are reminded to pray and to
watch out!
This book invites us to be on the look out and to be
ready to welcome the arrival of that great day! Enjoy!
8
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
The end of times is a topic that always attracts the
attention of the Lord’s congregation since the
beginning, because in the last days the body of
believers who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus
will be raised into the clouds on the way to the
glorious heaven. However, Jesus also stated that in
the last days there will be a severe persecution. That
is why although the congregation of believers will be
happy because they will soon meet the Lord face to
face in heaven, they also need to prepare themselves
to face this severe persecution.
There is no denying that the Lord’s congregation often
feels disappointed with the commentaries on the end of
times as many of them have not been fulfilled.
However, there are relatively quite many of the Lord’s
children who continue to seek, read and study about
the end of times because as the Lord’s children we
know for sure that the end of times will come to pass.
The development of technology is so fast at present
that it seems to have given quite an impact on the
Lord’s children to develop a better understanding of
the fulfillments related to the end of times.
Moreover, a few among those technologies are part of
9
the fulfillments itself. That is why, when there are
several unproven commentaries, it is very possible
that at the time the commentaries were written, most
probably the things or technologies referred to in the
commentaries did not exist yet. For example, when
there is a sentence like “Even though we are in
Indonesia, and our addressees are in America, we could
converse and at the same time see each other’s face.”
It is understandable that 10-15 years ago, someone
would interpret the statement as a ‘dream’, or
‘telepathy,’ because at that time neither ‘Skype’ nor
‘Facetime’ existed. Likewise the ‘Chip’ was a foreign
object 10-15 years ago and most probably no one had
ever thought that there will be a chip that could be
planted in a human body like it is now, then. The same
goes for several data access, for instance, on those
that are related to the solar system which was quite
difficult to obtain 5-10 years ago: with the
increasing sophistication of the internet, those data
become easier to get and it turns out that these data
are closely related to the time of Jesus’ second
coming.
Therefore, with all due respect and humility, we hope
that you, dear gentlemen, ladies, brothers and
sisters, as children of light, children of the day,
will take time to read this book. The authors do not
dare to claim that this commentary is definitely
10
correct, but considering the very short time left,
since the second coming of Jesus is already at the
doorstep, increasing our understanding about the end
of times is a must as reminded in 1 Thes 5:6, “Therefore let
us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.”
Moreover, it turns out that anticipating the second
coming of Jesus is not sufficient by just waiting, or
knowing enough about when it will happen, because
there are many things that will have to be prepared,
many things that will have to be done. Therefore, the
earlier we know about it and are prepared, the better
it will be. Do not be late!
11
CHAPTER II
666
As a Christian, most probably we have already heard of
a number consisting of a sequence of identical digits
of units, tens, and hundreds that have the same number
6. If the sequence of digits that made up the number
were to be displayed, it would appear as 666 (in
letters: Six hundred sixty-six).
It cannot be denied that even though the number 666
has often been mentioned in sermons in churches, in
fellowships, at revival meetings, as well as in radio
programs, yet, the fact remains that many people still
do not understand the significance of it, because that
particular three digit number is a prophecy¹ whose
meaning is still hidden as a secret or mystery (in
Greek: must,rion – musterion) to the believers.
Nevertheless, there are quite a number of believers
who seek to understand it and find out the secret
meaning contained in the prophecy. The number 666
associated with the end of times is found in the book
of Revelation. To understand it better, let us read
directly from Revelation 13:16-18,
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to
receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
12
¹ Prophecies are God’s word delivered to his people by His spokesmen (prophets or messengers) particularly about what is to come in the future, in the near future as well as in the far future. That kind of foretelling is possible because God is all-knowing.
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name
of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.
From the explanation of those three verses above, we
could obviously see that the sequence of identical
digits or number 666 is a mark that will be given to
“...all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and
bond” to be marked “...in their right hand, or in
their foreheads” and “that no man might buy or sell,
save he that had the mark,” where the mark itself is
“...the name of the beast (editor: Antichrist), or the
number of his name.” Furthermore it says in verse 18
that “...it is the number of a man, and his number is
Six hundred threescore and six.” So, in short we can
say that the row of digits or the number 666 is
generally known by people and is the initial or the
identity of the Antichrist that also will be the mark
or seal that will be received by many people,
particularly by those whose names are not written in
the "Book of Life."
13
Barcode
So, what is 666 actually? Until today, the authors are
very sure that what is called as 666 is the barcode.
A barcode always begins with 2 parallel lines at the
start, in the middle and at the end, where those 2
parallel lines indicate the number 6 as shown above in
the example of a barcode. According to the Wikipedia
Dictionary, “a barcode is an optical machine-readable
representation of data relating to the object to which
it is attached.” Basically a barcode is a group of
numbers or a number which represents a certain thing
or an object. Because each group of numbers-- whether
it consists of 12 digits, 16 digits or more--
represents an object, each object generally has its
own number or code which is useful to differentiate it
from the others.
14
Since each barcode is always preceded by 2 parallel
lines at the beginning, in the middle and at the end,
where the two parallel lines represent the number 6,
in each barcode there is always a 666: one at the
beginning, one at the middle and one at the end.
After its development, this barcode system does not
exist only in print form. This 666barcode system is
also programmed in a chip.
This chip begins to replace the role of barcodes when
several supermarkets in America stick chips on their
articles to replace the barcodes. Furthermore this
chip system begins to change the global world order by
presenting a system that can track the whereabouts of
and becomes the identification number of every human
being through its implant in the human body. The
implant of this chip will increasingly extend into
every area of human life, originating from a need in
the medical field to a need and ability to control and
monitor the activities of every human being throughout
the world.
15
Chip and VeriChip
Picture of a chip called VeriChip in the size of a grain of rice. In it there is a battery, a coil, and other
things. Currently this kind of chip is being used among others by several hospitals in the United States.
The history of the creation of this chip started at
9/11 (9 September 2001 when terrorists attacked the
World Trade Center with its twin towers in New York
and also the Pentagon), that is by crashing a Boing
767 airplane into those buildings. The destruction of
the WTC buildings has caused the death of 2,283
people. This dark and tragic history were known as the
Human Tragedy of Eleven September 2001. This disaster
has directly and indirectly touched and hurt the
senses of humanity of all nations in the world, in
particular of the Americans themselves. When the
tragedy occurred, not all victims died instantly.
There were quite a number who had suffered from light,
as well as severe injuries. When the injured victims
were brought to the hospitals, the medical staff could
16
not help the victims right away, as for instance,
there were victims who needed blood transfusions, but
they did not know the victims' blood group. If they
had to check the blood group first, this procedure
would have delayed the life-saving efforts, because in
this kind of situation, the safety of the victims is a
matter of seconds.
Similarly, when medicines were going to be given, the
doctors could not directly administered the accurate
medications because they did not know the health
history of the victims: whether they were allergic
towards certain medicines. The doctors and the
hospital staff members also had difficulties in
contacting the victims’ families since most of the
victims’ identification cards were lost, scattered
somewhere.
From these experiences, these doctors said, that if
only the victims’ identifications had been implanted
in their bodies, then upon arrival at the hospital,
the doctors would just have had to do some scanning
and directly the victims’ data would have appeared and
first-aid could have been given to the victims right
away.
In the Wikipedia there is an explanation that a
company in America called Destron Fearing, which is a
subsidiary of Applied Digital Solution, has
17
successfully created a chip that those doctors had
dreamed about. The VeriChip had been certified by the
United States Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
(U.S. FDA) in 2004. Since there were many
controversies related to this particular chip--
especially by Christians who associated it with the
666 in Revelation 13:16-18, the name of the VeriChip
was later changed to PositiveID and its production was
discontinued in 2010.
However, there are still quite a lot of patients--
especially elderly people in the United States--whose
bodies have been implanted with VeryChips for that
purpose.
When studying this case, the authors believe that
VeriChip is not the prophesied 666chip in the book of
Revelation. Why?
Because to this day the authors have not found one
particular verse in the book of Revelation that said
that if someone had the 666 mark, that mark can be
removed. Since the size of VeriChip is large enough,
of a grain of rice, if implanted in the human body, it
can still be removed from the human body surgically.
Some people might think that the size of a VeriChip is
quite big, but wonder...: "What if at that time this
device is secretively inserted by the accomplices of
18
the antichrist, so that people who were implanted with
it do not know where (in which part of their body) the
chip (VeriChip) was located?" The answer is: "Those
people would surely know." Why?
Because, even if this VeriChip is implanted
surreptitiously or secretly, since the chip is made
out of metal, its existence can be detected by a Metal
Detector.
Biochip
Then later in 2009, another type of chip was created.
It was called biochip and the material used in making
this chip was not metal, instead it was gel. The size
of the biochip was very small, only 0.1 mm2--
equivalent to or as thick as a strand of human hair.
19
Generally, biochips are produced in this size, but the
size of the latest biochip produced is 0.07 mm2. If
the chip is injected into the blood vessel of a
person, this biochip can not be removed, nor can it be
traced. As to this day there has not been found a way
to track the existence of this chip. Since it is made
from gel, it certainly cannot be detected using a
metal detector.
20
There are many kinds of biochip products and data
about biochips can be obtained inter alia from
Freedonia. Freedonia is a research company that
publishes books/journals about many things and one of
them elaborates about the biochip. This book presents
its research results, among others, the names and
profiles of companies which produce biochips and the
names and profiles of companies that supply the spare
parts (like that of the automobile industry).
Information on the condition of the biochip market,
fields that use biochips, how much its market value
is, technology used in manufacturing the chip, et
cetera is also described by the book. One of the
interesting companies that produce biochips’ name is
Illumina Incorporated. Why is it given that name? This
will be explained later.
As we have explained earlier, the 666 is a barcode;
so, what is the connection between the barcode and the
chip?
One of the writers of this book owns 3 information
technology companies in the field of business
software, e-commerce and game development, and he has
already asked the manager of his companies many times:
"Is the system which is used in a chip the same as the
system which is used with a barcode?" The answer is:
"They are basically the same: only with the barcode is
printed while with the chip its 666 or barcode is
21
programmed into the chip."
This is an important data to know, because the
antichrist has something to do with the chip that has
the 666 mark. In fact the 666 mark is the same as our
residence identity card chip.
The residence identity card chip is inside the card,
whereas the 666 chip is implanted in the human body.
Illustration of a microchip implanted in a residence identity card, similar to the more common chip implanted credit card.
So in what form the ID chip or residence identity card
chip is actually implanted in the human body and
whether this program has already been done or not, is
still not known.
In the United States, on March 23, 2010, a law on
health security known as Obama Care was passed.
Officially, it was called The Patient Protector and
22
Affordable Care Act, or better known as the HealthCare,
Bill HR 3200, but because Obama was the one who
initiated it, it was then known as Obama Care. This
endeavor is popular as Obama Care because it is a
breakthrough in social health care similar to what had
begun in Jakarta with the name of Jakarta Health Card.
In Indonesia, as well as in America, health care is
very expensive. Sometimes people got bankrupt because
they had to finish their money for medication while
they may still be in debt because of their sickness and
had to pay for the hospital fees, medicines, a variety
of tests, x-rays, doctors' fees and others.
Obama said that in 2010 when Obama Care was proposed,
there were 50 million inhabitants in the United States
of America who did not have insurance; when they get
sick, they could get bankrupt. Why did not they have
insurance?
Obama said that since the cost of insurance was very
high, they could not afford it. Why was the cost of
insurance so high? Because the cost of health care was
expensive. Why was it that health costs were expensive?
Obama said, there were at least two reasons:
Firstly: Because many people misused Identification
Cards. For instance, someone who did not have a health
insurance got sick then borrowed the insurance card of
another person whose face resembled his in order to
23
get an insurance medical coverage that he was not
entitled to.
Secondly: because many insurance owners had claimed
for services that actually were not their rights to
claim and enjoy. For example, dental care costs for
patients or insured persons classified as poor are
borne by the government or covered by insurance. But
as soon as they become financially capable or quite
wealthy, they should pay for themselves. Likewise for
beauty treatment: unless they are poor or needed it
badly, they should pay for it on their own. However,
quite many rich people had claimed for insurance
refunds and these practices, according to Obama, had
eventually caused insurance costs to soar high. So the
HR 3200 Bill was passed by the Senate on Sunday, March
21, 2010, then signed into law by Obama the following
Tuesday and after its signing by both parties, became
effective on March 23, 2010.
On page 1001, it is said that: The Secretary shall
establish a national medical device registry (in this
subsection referred to as the 'registry') to
facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes
data on each device that--"is or has been used in or
on a patient; "and is--" a class III device; or "a
class II device that is implantable, life-supporting,
or life-sustaining."
24
Some class III medical devices worn by patients
already have chips inside them. For example,
pacemakers worn by patients who suffer from heart
problems contain chips that give a lot of information,
such as data concerning the patient (the patient’s
health data and other data) and data whether the
equipment is functioning properly or the battery is
running low.
But what is exactly meant by a class II device that is
implantable in the body?
Page 2004 of The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
described that: A class II implantable device is an
"implantable radio frequency transponder system (RFID)
for patient identification and health information."
The purpose of a class II device is to collect data in
medical patients such as "claims data, patient survey
data, standardized analytic files that allow for the
pooling and analysis of data from disparate data
environments, electronic health records, and any other
data deemed appropriate by the Secretary.
So a class II device implanted into the human body
could provide data regarding a person’s identity, his
name, give information if this person had been sick,
as well as the person’s claims data—amongst all, the
bank account of the person concerned. The advantage is
that if a person had spent his money on health care
25
and wants to claim the reimbursement of his expenses
to the insurance company, the reimbursement fund can
be transferred directly by the insurance company to
the bank account of the patient or the insurance
holder. The patient’s bank account data can also be
used as a means for checking. For instance, when there
is a dental patient who claims to be poor, the
insurance company will immediately check the patient's
bank account. If the patient is truly poor, the dental
care cost will be borne by the government/insurance.
However if he is rich, the dental care cost will
immediately be deducted from the patient’s bank
account.
On page 1004 of HR 3200, it is said that in no later
than a period of 36 months after the signing, the
program must be executed.
What should have been executed? If we read further
what had to be done or that has to be completed, there
are 3 things:
Firstly, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland
Security who is responsible for the operational
implementation of the HR 3200 Bill, should already
have decided which chip will be used out of the
various chips available in the market (since this
program will be conducted in the United States, the
26
chip selected must be approved by the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDA)).
Secondly, laws relating to the implementation of the
health care such as laws on the rights and obligations
of the government and citizens that purchase
insurance, all sorts of definitions and procedures for
the implementation of the Obama Care including what is
covered and not covered as well as procedures for
insurance claims and sanctions for those who do not
follow the procedures or violate existing regulations
has to be made and socialized.
Since Obama Care is associated with a bank or the
financial sector, laws that specify such cooperation
should also be made. And of course regulations
concerning the rights and obligations of both parties
and sanctions for any violations that may occur should
also be made. And no less important is the
government's efforts in disseminating the program.
Thirdly, class II chip implant has to be implemented.
That means, within a period of 3 years the program
should already be running, which is before March 23,
2013.
If so, will the entire population of America be
implanted with chip starting from March 23, 2013?
27
Certainly not. This date is only the beginning, but
when will this chip implant be done in a more massive
way? Of course, the Obama administration will pay
close attention to the situations and conditions
bearing in mind that quite many Christians reject the
implant of this chip. When we observe the sequence of
events that will befall on the people of God in the
tribulation period which will be discussed in the
chapter on the Tribulation Period, we will see that
massive and worldwide chip implant does not happen in
the beginning.
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
An RFID device which will broadcast radio signals to read cards that have RFID system
How do we track biochip or people/goods implanted with
biochip? Basically, there are two kinds of chips: The
28
active chips and the non-active chips. For example,
the chip on a credit card is not active. If we have a
credit card in our pocket, the chip in that credit
card does not perform any activity. This is so unlike
the chip in a mobile phone which is active so that
whenever a cell phone is turned on, it will be looking
for a signal in order to get connected to a provider.
In further developments, providers can track the
whereabouts of a person through his cell phone. That
is why the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission
(KPK) could apprehend many criminals. Among other
things because they could trace the locations of the
cell phones of people who were their targets. KPK
could know where the targets are, especially when
their targets were carrying their cell phones.
A chip on a credit card is not active and will become
active when swiped, by sending contact signal to the
data center. Meanwhile, Flash cards and e-Toll Cards
are both active even though they have no batteries
because they have RFID (Radio Frequency
Identification) systems. The RFID device will
broadcast radio frequency and when the flash card
enters into this frequency range, the device will read
the card’s data, for example: This is Mr. A, his card
number is XXX, his balance is, for instance, one
million rupiah. When Mr. A moves out of the reach of
his card frequency, he could not be traced anymore.
29
But when Mr. A enters into any frequency from, for
example, his BCA network, the data in his card will be
legible. That is why if you use a Flash card, you just
need to tap the card to the card reader to instantly
cut the funds available without the need to swipe the
card first like a credit card. A flash card or an e-
Toll card can be directly tapped onto the card reader
because, once the card gets into the radius of the
frequency, it will be legible. For example, there is
one million rupiah in the account, and we need to pay
Rp 100.000. As soon as the card is tapped to the card
reader, ... directly the balance of that card is
subtracted by Rp 100.000. That is the RFID system.
30
CHAPTER III
THE FINAL RULER OF THE WORLD
In this world, there will be only five rulers of the
world, and all five have already appeared, even to the
last one. Who is the last ruler?
DANIEL 2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great
image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof
was terrible.
32 This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his
belly and his thighs of brass,
31
33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the
image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to
pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and
the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone
that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a
kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the
fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler
over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another
third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh
in pieces and subdueth all things : and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it
break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of
iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the
iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the
kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
32
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even
as iron is not mixed with clay.
The above verses explained that this statue
illustrated the rulers of the world; so, it was not an
ordinary kingdom. It was said that the head, which was
made of gold, was the Kingdom of Babylonia with
Nebuchadnezzar as its king, who at that moment was the
first ruler of the world. Then it was explained that
the next ruler, the silver, was the Kingdom of Medes
and Persians. The next ruler was the Kingdom of
Macedonia or Greece, and thereafter, the Kingdom of
Rome which is of iron. The last one was the fifth
ruler of the world that was pictured as iron mixed
with clay.
The meaning is like this: when the last ruler of the
world has been found, then we are already in the last
days because there would not be a sixth ruler.
What are the characteristics of the fifth ruler of the
world? The fifth ruler of the world was mentioned in
Daniel 2:43
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another,
even as iron is not mixed with clay.
So, the two special characteristics of the last ruler
of the world are:
33
Firstly, a country that practises mixed marriages.
Secondly, the mixed marriages had to contain iron
because the mixture was between iron and clay, and
iron was the Kingdom of Rome or Europe.
The only country which practises mixed marriages is
the United States of America; there is no other
country.
The European countries, for instance France, Germany,
and Italy relatively do not practise mixed marriages.
The Germans did not practise mixed marriages either in
the days of Hitler, instead they wanted to purify the
Caucasian race. China and Russia also do not practise
mixed marriages.
Secondly, in practising his mixed marriages, the last
world ruler will have to take on Rome.
According to its history, America originated from
England, and England was Britain before, which was
34
Rome’s colony. So America is a mixed country of iron
ores and solid clay: between Rome/England and clay.
Here, clay refers to people with black skin.
35
CHAPTER IV
FOUR CHARACTERS OF THE END OF TIMES
There are four characters that will be outstanding at
the end of times, they are namely:
1. The Devil
2. The King
3. The Antichrist
4. The False Prophet
These four characters are illustrated quite in detail
in Revelation 13. To be more obvious, we shall use
different colours and forms of the letters and each
character found in the chapter. For the Devil, we will
use black and upright letters, and the ten kings will
be in red; the antichrist will be in bold red; and
finally the false prophet will be in bold black.
Revelation 13: 1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast
rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his
horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as
the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon
gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and
his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the
beast.
36
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:
and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?
who is able to make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two
months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his
name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to
overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and
tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are
not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the
world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth
with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the
faith of the saints.
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had
two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and
causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first
beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
37
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from
heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And (he) deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those
miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to
them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the
beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the
image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would
not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,
to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the
name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of
the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.
The four characters will be clearly seen if we read
Revelation 13 from the first verse until the end.
Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up
out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns (these are the
characteristics of the 10 kingdoms), upon his horns ten crowns,
and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as
the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion (10 kingdoms) and
38
the dragon (this is the Devil) gave him his power, and his seat, and
great authority.
13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly
wound was healed (well, this is the antichrist; so the
Antichrist is one of the heads of the ten kingdoms):
and all the world wondered after the beast (the antichrist).
13:4 And they worshipped the dragon (the Devil) which gave power unto
the beast (the antichrist): and they worshipped the beast (the
antichrist), saying, Who is like unto the beast (the antichrist)?
who is able to make war with him (the antichrist)?
13:5 And there was given unto him (the antichrist) a mouth speaking
great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him (the
antichrist) to continue forty and two months.
13:6 And he (the antichrist) opened his mouth in blasphemy against
God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in
heaven.
13:7 And it was given unto him (the antichrist) to make war with the
saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him (the antichrist)
over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
39
13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (the
antichrist), whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb
slain from the foundation of the world.
13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with
the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of
the saints.
13:11 (here the false prophet begins to appear) And I beheld
another beast coming up out of the earth; and he (the false prophet)
had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon (the devil) .
So, the one with two horns similar to a lamb is a
false prophet; later on it will be clarified.
13:12 And he (the false prophet) exerciseth all the power of the first
beast (the antichrist) before him (the false prophet), and
causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast
(the antichrist), whose deadly wound was healed.
13:13 And he (the false prophet) doeth great wonders, so that he
(the false prophet) maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth
in the sight of men,
13:14 And (the false prophet) deceiveth them that dwell on the earth
by the means of those miracles which he (the false prophet) had
power to do in the sight of the beast (the antichrist); saying to them
40
that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast (the
antichrist), which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
13:15 And he (the false prophet) had power to give life unto the
image of the beast (antichrist), that the image of the beast
(antichrist) should both speak, and cause that as many as would not
worship the image of the beast (antichrist) should be killed.
And the 16th verse is the most important.
13 : 16 And he (the false prophet) causeth all, both small and great,
rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads.
Why is this matter important? Because it is the false
prophet who is going to deceive everybody to be
implanted with the 666 mark, not the antichrist.
And then the 17th verse:
13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the
name of the beast (antichrist) or the number of his name
(antichrist).
13:18 Here’s wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of
the beast (antichrist): for it is the number of a man, and his number is
Six hundred three score and six.
Next, let us observe the characteristics, or the terms
used in Revelation chapter 13 to explain the four
figures of the end of times:
41
The Devil.
The Devil’s character and manner in the previous
verses are described using the word “dragon”
which has strength, a throne and great power.
10 Kingdoms.
The characteristics of the 10 kingdoms are: a
beast with ten horns and seven heads; on the
horns are ten crowns, and on his head are written
names of blaspheme.
The beast is like a leopard, and its feet are
like the feet of a bear, and its mouth is like
the mouth of a lion.
Who might these 10 kingdoms be?
Before we discuss it, we would like to give an
illustration.
We know that there are individuals as well as
companies and countries that have foreign exchange
reserves, but quite many countries also have debts.
If we investigate, we will find that in the world
there are more countries that have debts rather than
have foreign exchange reserves. The following are five
countries which have the biggest debts in the world in
addition to the debts of the European Union which is
42
the main organization of the European Union Countries,
as follows:
The Loans of the Countries Rank Country External Debt (USD) Date - European Union 16, 080, 000, 000, 000 30 June 2011 1. United States 16, 440, 711, 500, 000 10 Jan 2013 2. United Kingdom 9, 836, 000, 000, 000 30 June 2011 3. France 5, 633, 000, 000, 000 30 June 2011 4. Germany 5, 624, 000, 000, 000 30 June 2011 5. Japan 2, 719, 000, 000, 000 30 June 2011 Total 56, 332, 711, 500, 000
These are the five countries with the biggest debts in
addition to the debt of the Holding or Centre of the
European Union. So, we see that the European Union’s
debt was 16.080 trillion dollars in the year 2011,
while the United States of America’s debt was 16.440
trillion dollars by 10 January 2013, and so on. The
list downwards is still long and can be seen in the
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_external_debt
These are just the five countries and the European
Union. The amount of their debts has already reached
56 trillion dollars.
As we talk about debts, for sure there are countries
that give loans, are not there? Well, Can you guess
who are able to give loans to those countries listed?
Below you will find countries which have foreign
exchange reserve.
43
There are ten countries which have the largest foreign
exchange reserve in addition to the wealth of the 100
richest people in the world.
1. China 3, 240, 000, 000, 000 by June 2012 2. Japan 1, 195, 600, 000, 000 3. Russia 468, 000, 000, 000 4. Brazil 373, 900, 000, 000 5. South Korea 312, 400, 000, 000 6. India 257, 000, 000, 000 7. Singapore 243, 400, 000, 000 8. European Union 217, 800, 000, 000 9. Thailand 164, 400, 000, 000 10. Mexico 157, 300, 000, 000
Total 6, 629, 800, 000, 000 100 Richest people 1,715, 600, 000, 000 by March 2012 Total 8, 345, 400, 000, 000
http://r.id/10-negara-dengan-cadangan-devisa-terbanyak-pada-triwulan-ii-tahun-2012/
The total foreign exchange reserve of the ten
countries is only 6.629 trillion, truly, down the list
there are still a few more, but they are very small
because number 10 on the list has only 150 billion
foreign exchange reserve, so that the lower on the
list, the less foreign exchange reserve they have. The
wealth of the 100 richest people in the world amounted
to only 1.715 trillion by March 2012, so that the
total sum of both is only 8.3 trillion dollars.
The question is, if the loans of these five countries,
including that of the Centre of the European Union
have already reached 56 trillion dollars, while the
44
total wealth of the 10 countries with the largest
foreign exchange reserve plus the wealth of the
richest people of the world amount to only 8 trillion
dollars! Then, from whom can the difference of 48
trillion dollars be borrowed? When we sum up all the
loans of all the countries in the world, the amount
comes to about over 100 trillion dollars.
So, from whom can the countries of the world get loans
amounting to over 100 trillion dollars?
The Federal Reserve System
Investigation revealed that most of the countries
borrow from the Federal Reserve System.
What is the Federal Reserve System? The Federal
Reserve or the Fed is an institution that prints the
45
American dollars. In Indonesia, the institution that
has the right to do so is Bank Indonesia. Bank
Indonesia is the only institution which has been given
the authority to print and distribute the rupiah. Who
owns Bank Indonesia? The Indonesian government.
The Federal Reserve is also the only institution that
has been given the authority to print and distribute
the American dollars.
Who owns the Federal Reserve? Is it the American
government?
It turns out that the Federal Reserve does not belong
to the United States of America. The Federal Reserve
is a private company owned by several families!
Below are the names of the families that are owners of
the Federal Reserve or the Fed; there are 12 to 13
families—the data are not clear and hard to find.
46
Family diagrams (printed in unclear tiny letters)
Among the families, there are a few names that are
quite well-known in Indonesia, like the Rothschilds
who are now in dispute with the Bakries concerning
Bumi Resources, which is the biggest coal mining
company in Indonesia. Then, there are the
Rockefellers, the Lehman Brothers, the JP Morgans, the
Schroders, and others. They are the owners of the
Federal Reserve System; so that when the American
government needs money/dollars, they borrow from the
Federal Reserve on which they will have to pay
interest!
In the beginning, just like in other countries, the
institution that prints and distributes the American
47
dollars was owned by the American government, but on
23 December 1913 it was changed into the Federal
Reserve and made into a private company by President
Woodrow Wilson.
Throughout the American history, there were quite many
American presidents who had tried to take over the
Federal Reserve to make it the property of the United
States of America’s government again, but they had not
succeeded.
The Antichrist
His characteristics are:
He is one of the ten kings.
His head was wounded by a sword which almost cost
him his life, but was healed.
He was given a mouth that is full of arrogance
and blasphemy.
He is allowed to make war against the saints to
defeat them.
He is given power over all the tribes,
congregations, tongues, and nations (he controls
the world).
There will be a statue of the antichrist made
that can talk and take actions in such a way so
that all people who are on the earth will worship
it.
48
It is said that the antichrist is characterized
or symbolized by “an eye like that of a human
eye.
Daniel 7:8 I considered the horns and behold, there came up among
them another little horn, before which there were three of the first
horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes
like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Then in 1 John 2:18, it is also explained: ”Little
children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall
come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is
the last time.
So, there are already many antichrists that
persecute Christians.
“…whereby we know that it is the last time.
This verse clarifies that there are already many
antichrists, but the last antichrist has got
special characteristics, as stated in verse 19:
They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of
us, they would no doubt have continued with us.
It means: If there are people who persecute the
Lord’s congregation, or who are against Christ,
it does not mean for sure that he is the real, or
the last antichrist. We need to observe first,
whether he is from among us or not, whether he is
49
a Christian or not? If he is from another
religion or a non-Christian, then he is not the
last antichrist, for the last antichrist
definitely must be a Christian.
Referring back to the eye like that of a seeing eye.
This eye is a part of the ten kingdoms.
How does that eye which is like a human eye look like?
Below is a symbol of an organization called the
Illuminati:
If one scrutinizes a one dollar bill, the symbol of a
seeing eye will clearly be seen.
50
Picture of an American one dollar bill with a seeing human eye on the
top of the pyramid
Close up picture of the seeing human eye.
If we observe the front of a one dollar bill, there is
an inscription: Federal Reserve Note. That means the
note or bill is of the Federal Reserve--not of the
American government.
51
Picture of the other side of the dollar bill.
Pictures of one eye are quite popular as symbols by
various companies, but it does not mean that they are
all related to the Illuminati.
52
Various companies’ symbols using the human eye as their brands
If we examine more closely, the fact is that there are
a lot of companies which use one eye as their
trademarks, including Lucent Technologies. It is said
that Lucent Technologies is an abbreviation of Lucifer
Technologies which belongs to the Illuminati group.
53
Photo of the Illuminati Group, in which there is George Bush Sr., standing in the middle at the back, wearing a light grey suit. The Illuminati is a very exclusive group, so that it
is not easy to get their data. In the social media,
some people stated that at the present moment
Illuminati is under the leadership of George Bush Jr.,
and that President Obama is one of the other figures.
Even though we cannot be sure of the truth in it, but
several social circles are very convinced about the
matter, particularly concerning the existence of the
Illuminati.
False Prophet
The false prophet has the following characteristics:
A beast with two horns like a lamb and speaks
like a dragon. This refers to a good Christian
54
who is soft-hearted and appears to be very holy,
but speaks like a dragon, meaning that what he
talks about deceives, as they are not in
agreement with the word of God.
The false prophet knows very well the behavior
and the wisdom of the antichrist, and the false
prophet causes all the people in the world to
worship the antichrist.
The false prophet will make mighty signs. He will
even cause fire to come down to earth from the
sky in front of all the people.
The false prophet will command the people to
build a statue of the antichrist.
The false prophet will give life to the statue of
the antichrist, so that the statue of the
antichrist can talk and act to kill the people
who do not want to worship the statue.
The false prophet will cause all people to be
implanted with the 666 mark in their right hand
or on their forehead.
Basically, all the miracles done by the false
prophets are just pure deceptions as it is
written in: 2 Thessalonians 2:9–10, Even him, whose
55
coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and
lying wonders. And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in
them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that
they might be saved.
Next, the characteristics of the false prophet are
also defined in Revelation 17:11
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the
seven, and goeth into perdition.
From the above verse, it is clear that the false
prophet is the eighth king, but one of the seven
kings, which means that the false prophet is the
eighth king from the same, or of one hierarchy, or of
one kingdom as the former seven. To be more specific,
this eighth king--as well as his seven predecessors--
is not from different kingdoms, but from one kingdom.
Who is the eighth king?
Many servants of God have made interpretations of this
issue, and one of them is as follows:
The Pope is a religious leader, but since 11 February
1929, when the Vatican Kingdom was established, the
Pope has had a dual position, as a religious leader
and also as the Vatican King.
If we observe that since the establishment of the
Vatican Kingdom on 11 February 1929, Pope Benedictus
XVI was the seventh king, and his successor Pope
56
Franciscus was the eighth king. And, the way Pope
Benedictus XVI resigned was a bit strange, when in the
period of the last 600 years since then he was the
only one who has ever resigned, for usually a Pope
retains his office until he dies.
If the interpretation of this verse by several
servants of God is right, then Pope Franciscus will be
the false prophet with the characteristics mentioned
above.
Beside that, in the Roman Catholic circles, the
prophecy of St. Malachy is known.
St. Malachy was a monk from Ireland in the 12th
century. He had made a prophecy in 1139 and reported
it to Pope Innocensius II in 1140.
57
St. Malachy published 112 phrases in Latin to codify
the next 112 Popes, starting from Pope Selestinus
(1143) as the first until the 112th Pope or the last
one with a phrase “Petrus Romanus” for Pope
Franciscus.
There is a conviction that Petrus Romanus will be the
last Pope as well as the end of the Roman Church
(Vatican).
The phrases are as follows: ”In psecutione extrema
S.R.E. fedebit. Petrus Romanus, qui pafcet oues in
multis tribulationibus: quibus tranfactis ciuitas
fepticollis diruetur, & Iudex tremẽdus iudicabit
populum fuum. Finis.” Translated as follows:
“During the last persecution of the Roman Church, the
throne will be occupied by Peter the Roman, who will
pasture his sheep in many tribulations, and when these
things are finished, the city of the seven hills will
be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his
people. The End.
http://parahyangan.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/ramalan-
santo-malachy-mengenai-akhir-dunia-benediktus-paus-
terakhir/
At least there are 2 reasons why there is a conviction
that the 112th Pope will be the last one:
58
Firstly, it is written that, “A powerful Judge will
judge His people,” which explains about the final
judgement by Jesus.
Secondly, there’s the word “finis,” meaning “final.”
How does the prophecy of St. Malachy look like?
Below is the caption of the prophecy in Latin:
The phrase from the prophecy of St. Malachy for the 112th Pope began from the script: In p̲secutione... Finis.
The phrase of the preceding Pope Benedictus XVI was
Gloria Olivae.
59
Pope Benedictus XVI was conjoined to the phrase Gloria
Olivae because the name Benedictus which he had chosen
was from the order of Our Lady of Mount Olivet
(Olivetan) which belonged to the Order of St.
Benedictus. This is one of the interpretation why Pope
Benedictus was considered as Gloria Olivae.
Even more interesting, was the fact that the preceding
Pope was Pope John Paul II, whose phrase was: “de
labore folis,” meaning “from the labour of the sun.”
The celebration of the burial of Pope John Paul II was
during the eclipse of the sun in the area of the South
West Pacific and South America so that it seemed to
agree with the prophecy “De labore folis” (from the
labour of the sun). And also because when he was born
on May 18th, 1920, there was a partial eclipse of the
sun in the Indian Ocean.
How did the interpreters explain Cardinal Jorge Mario
Bergoglio’s choosing the name Petrus Romanus for Pope
Francis?
It was not difficult to explain that Cardinal Jorge
Mario Bergoglio was Romanus, or a person from Rome, or
a Roman, because although the cardinal was born in
Argentine, his father was an Italian (Roman) who
emigrated to Argentine, that made him a Romanus, or a
Roman, or an Italian.
60
Then, how do we explain the name “Petrus”?
The word “Petrus” seemed to be related to the papal
name he had chosen, which was Francis. In the history
of the Roman Catholic church, there were two figures
named Francis, or Francesco, i.e. Francesco Xaverius
and Francesco de Assisi. And Pope Francis or
Franciscus had already emphasized that the name
Francis he had chosen was Francis de Assisi, or
Francesco de Assisi.
Francesco de Assisi was the founder of the Order of
the Franciscans; he was born in 1182, and when he was
born, his mother named him Giovanni di Pietro di
Bernardone, so that he was baptized with that name.
But, his father gave the nickname Francesco to the
child.
Pietro is Peter in Italian.
That was one of the interpretation about Pope
Franciscus that was connected to the prophecy of St.
Malachy.
Why is it that many interpreters consider the Pope as
the false prophet? In the last few years the Vatican
had taken several actions that are rather strange. One
of them occurred on 5 and 6 December, 2011. At that
moment, the Ambassador of Israel to the Vatican was
Mordechay Lewy, who held an International Conference
61
with several officials of the Vatican to discuss
permanent tattoos on the pilgrims of Jerusalem.
The main subject of discussion was that those who
would come on pilgrimage to Rome had to be marked by a
small tattoo in the form of a small cross. According
to them, this tattoo was a small symbol to mark the
sacrifice of a martyr, as a token of a small
sacrifice. A Christian pilgrimage tattoo is a “small
martyrdom – a public shedding of blood for one’s
faith,” said Guerzoni.
“A devotional tattoo was a sign of unshakable,
immovable faith.” According to Guerzoni, to shed blood
to show faith, and this tattoo was a kind of statement
of faith that was unshakable.
This was a false teaching in interpretation; imagine
that someone had a tattoo like that, or even a bigger
one, would it mean that for sure the person had faith
62
in Christ, or that he was a child of the Lord? Of
course, that was not a guarantee, was it? Even
though Jesus would look like the figure that was on
the paintings which were shown around, then someone
would wear a medal with a miniature of that picture of
Jesus on it on a chain, then, that would not also be a
guarantee that that person was a child of God.
Even more surprising was the appearance of Article
#841 of the Catechism which says: “The Church’s
relationship with the Muslims. ‘The plan of salvation
also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in
the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these
profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together
with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s
Judge on the last day.’”
In this case, the Roman Catholic Church believes that
the Muslims too will be saved, even though they do not
know and believe Jesus.
Of course, this is very surprising because as
believers, we are convinced that salvation is only in
Jesus and through Jesus as stated in
John 14:6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name
under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
63
How does the false Prophet lead a lot of people astray
so that they are willing to be implanted with the chip
or 666?
The greater possibility is that the false Prophet will
use the people’s laws as a foundation or the reason
for implanting the chip or 666.
All the laws and legislations made by people are based
on 3 things:
1- Good–bad,
2- Gain–loss,
3-Ethical–unethical
Good–bad: The bad or those who do bad things will be
punished.
Gain–loss: Those who cause loss will be punished.
Ethical–unethical: Those who do not behave according
to the legal norms or ethics may be punished.
In the case of implanting the chips, if we are
convinced that the chip is the 666, and if the False
Prophet uses the people’s law as the base for
accepting or rejecting the chip implant, then there
will not be even one law which can oppose the chip
implant.
Is chip implant good or bad?
64
At least, it is not bad. Then, what is bad about it?
Before, one’s Residence Identity was in the form of a
card, but now it is implanted in the hand; this policy
seems good because there would not be any more
personal identity data lost.
Is it a gain or a loss to have the chip implanted in
our bodies?
It is a gain. At least it is not a loss because our
personal data would not get lost anymore: we would not
have any trouble in keeping our personal data since it
is located in a safe place.
Is it ethical or unethical to have the chip implanted
in our bodies?
It is ethical, because no one is bothered and no one
loses anything.
However God’s laws are not the same as human laws.
There is only one law of God, and that is: To obey, or
to disobey.
Eve did not sin because she had eaten the fruit, but
because she was disobedient. God said, “But of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou
eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” (Genesis 2:17).
Eve had broken the law. So, if we put ourselves under
the law of God, it is obvious that we may not have our
65
bodies implanted with the 666chip, because it is
clearly stated in the Book of Revelation that those
who receive the 666chip will arouse God’s wrath.
Revelation 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice,
If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his
forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is
poured out without mixture into the cup of the indignation; and he shall be
tormented with fire and brimstones in the presence of the holy angels, and in
the presence of the Lamb.
In a situation where we are compelled to, are we still
required to refuse the 666chip?
The answer is “We may not accept the mark,” and it is
stated very clearly in Luke 14:26, “If any man come to me,
and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and
sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”
This verse sounds odd, particularly when we compare
with 1 John 3:15, Whoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye
know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Someone who hates his brother is considered a
murderer, and does not have eternal life in him, which
can probably be interpreted as going to hell. That was
only for hating a brother, while in Luke it is also
66
mentioned about hating one’s father, mother, wife, et
cetera.
What is the meaning of this verse? Upon studying the
Word, we shall find that that verse has a connection
with the end of times. So, this verse confirms that we
should not be implanted with the chip even for the
love of our father or mother or children. Just imagine
that we were at the end of times because the chip had
become an ID; let us say that our father got sick so
that he needed to be brought to the hospital. It was
customary that, as soon as we go to a hospital, the
administration staff would immediately ask for an ID.
Since we had refused the chip implant, we had no ID,
while if our father had not been brought to the
hospital, he would have died. In situations like that,
we face a dilemma because if we would not bring him to
the hospital, he would die, whereas if we are required
to be implanted with the chip, we would not be willing
to.
The above verse clarified that there is no exception:
even if we were in a position to help someone we love,
we would still not be allowed to let the chip be
implanted in our bodies. And if we consistently
refused to be implanted with the chip, most probably
our parents, or children, or spouses, or even
ourselves, would die. And most probably, people around
67
us would consider us as people who did not love our
fathers, mothers, spouses, children, brothers, or
sisters, and even our own lives.
In fact, this matter was confirmed again in Luke
14:33:
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he
cannot be my disciple.
In short, the above verse states explicitly that we
are not allowed to be implanted with the 666chip for
whatever reason, even if we have to die when we do not
have it implanted in our bodies.
Revelation 2: 10 Fear none of those things which thou shall suffer; behold the
devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried: and ye shall have
tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown
of life.
The implant of chips as IDs is being done in America,
particularly related to the Obama Care program. Is it
possible that the implant of chips will be done
throughout the world?
If it is possible, what would trigger the chip implant
throughout the world? The probability is possible
because of great terrorists’ attacks, probably greater
than the 9/11–it need not be in the United States of
America, it may be in any other countries of the
world. It could also be because of an attack on one of
the outstanding figures, for example the president of
68
the United States of America Barrack Obama were to be
attacked, and murdered by terrorists. This could
trigger the implant of chips in the whole world.
Where would the funds for implanting the chips
throughout the world come from? Of course, it would
need a great cost to do that. There would be many
parties who would be willing to bear the cost; one of
them would be the credit card company. Why would they
be willing to do it? Because when the chips would be
implanted in all the people, then the whereabouts of
all of them could be tracked down, so that it would be
very easy to find those clients who had bad credits,
as no one could hide. It would be different from
nowadays, when the companies or banks that had
produced the credit cards have to run after the
clients, and even use the services of debt collectors.
Another surprising thing is that before it was assumed
that the chip would cost a lot. But, in 2010, a
biochip made in China by a company in Shenzhen cost
only 5 dollar cents. For a purchase of a million
pieces, the price will be Rp 500,-. If the purchase is
greater, naturally the price will be cheaper. Besides,
the prices of information technology products are
inclined to decrease continuously; if the price in
2010 was only Rp 500,-, it could possibly come down to
only Rp 200,-, or even to Rp 100,-.
69
At this moment, the biochips have already been used in
several companies, for some commercial items in
several super-markets in America are using biochips.
What is the use for? To prevent thefts of items. In
Indonesia before, they used a big-size detector which
would make a sound whenever someone passed with a
stolen item. Nowadays, it is sufficient to put small
chips on the items.
The World After the 666Chip Implant
The impact will be very significant; terrorism will be
eliminated, because as soon as a terrorist is caught,
his chip or ID will be taken, and from that ID it can
be traced, for instance, with whom he had been in
contact for the last 6 months, so that they can easily
know his networking group, and later catch its members
as they can track down their whereabouts without any
problem.
There would not be any case of rape, because when
someone is raped, it is sufficient if the victim
reports the time she was raped. It can be traced who
had approached her at that particular time, and where
the rapist is at the moment, so that he will easily be
caught. There would not be any robberies either.
70
The question is: are these conditions the fulfilment
of 1 Thessalonians 5:3?
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh
upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
So we can assume that later in the end of times,
everything will be peaceful and safe. When people in
the whole world have been implanted with chips, the
world will truly be a secure and peaceful place.
The Fate of People Who Refuse the 666Chip
First:
Because the chip is a replacement for the
residential Identity Card and contains all the
personal identities like the passport, bank
accounts, driver’s license, and other data, if we
refuse to be implanted with the chip, then we
shall be persons without IDs. Our lives will be
like those who are standing on the sides of the
streets, or those who are living under the
bridges, whose biggest problems are that they do
not have IDs /Residential Identity Cards, so that
they have difficulties to move on and apply for
jobs for lack of Residential Identity Cards.
71
Second:
All of our properties and wealth will be gone.
Sometimes, these matters are rarely discussed.
Why can all of our properties and wealth be gone?
Because at that time, there will definitely be a
re-registration of all properties and wealth by
using the new IDs which are in the chips. Houses,
pieces of land, cars, businesses, bank accounts
and other belongings will have to be re-
registered while we do not have IDs because we
refused the chip attachments. So, whose name
shall we use to re-register? If we register on
other people’s names, legally the properties and
wealth belong to the person whose name we used,
and if we do not re-register, then all the
properties and wealth will go to the government.
Daniel 11:39 wrote about this matter because in
the last part of the verse was written “and shall
divide the land for gain.”
Daniel 11:39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange
god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall
cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
The case of dividing the land for gain is rarely
found in the Bible, but if the 666chip becomes an
ID, then there will be plenty of land, because
the children of God refuse to be implanted with
the chips, even with the consequences to lose all
72
their pieces of properties, as they will prefer
to choose to obey God and receive His glory that
He has reserved for them, rather than holding
onto temporary wealth and receive God’s wrath and
be cast into hell.
Third:
We shall not be able to buy and to sell because
we do not have IDs, so that we shall not have
access to the banks and the government offices.
Fourth:
We shall be considered as terrorists, because if
they use human laws, then they will inquire: “Why
aren’t you willing to be implanted with the chip,
Madame and Sir? The chip is good, there is
nothing to lose and chip implant is ethical. Oh,
you do not want to have the chip implanted in
your body because you do not want to be tracked.
Why don’t you want to be tracked? Oh, you must be
terrorists!”
That is why we shall be tortured, murdered, and
hated as it is written in Matthew 24:9–10:
73
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye
shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be
offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Why shall we be delivered?
Because those who have already been implanted
with the chips would not accept us who have not,
as they are afraid to be considered as being
involved with terrorists or accommodating them.
Some time ago, there was a terrorist’s wife who
got sentenced for hiding her husband who was a
terrorist. That is why it is said that they would
betray one another. “Just report them, lest we
would be involved.” As a result there will be
many people who cannot bear the persecution and
become apostate, denying their faith in Jesus.
Revelation 13:10 noted:
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with
the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the
faith of the saints.
It means that if the Lord has already decided
that someone will be captivated, then he will be
captivated and if someone has to be murdered,
then he will be murdered. If we have a relation
at that time, a person of influence, or someone
of high position to back us up, nothing will work
74
for us, because the Lord has already decided, so
that it is more important to have faith and be
courageous.
In Matthew 24:14 it is written: And this gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations: and then shall
the end come.
The above verse emphasized clearly that the second
coming of Jesus will take place after the gospel has
been preached in the whole world.
Has the gospel already been preached in the whole
world at this moment? The answer is no it has not.
There are still many tribes in remote areas of the
world that have not been reached with the gospel. If
that is the case, the end of times is still a long
time away so that there are still several decades of
time needed to evangelize to all those tribes to
fulfil the above verse.
Basically, the above verse will have to be fulfilled,
meaning that the gospel will have to be shared with
the whole world first, before Jesus’ second coming.
But, the fact is that the fulfilment of the verse to
tell the gospel to the whole world will be done by an
angel as stated in Revelation 14:6
75
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting
gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and
kindred, and tongue, and people.
Because this verse will be fulfilled by an angel, God
can fulfil it any time.
Beside that, it is impossible that God’s plan depends
on the plan of human beings. If the verse in Matthew
24:14 depends on people, and there is someone who does
not want for Jesus to come soon, then, we need not
evangelize. So, this is not like that at all, for
Revelation 14:6 stated that the fulfilment of that
verse will be done by an angel.
76
CHAPTER V
THE RAPTURE
There are many books that state that we as God’s
people will be caught up before the time of
persecution or tribulation which is known as the pre-
tribulation. But, it will not happen in that way.
The explanation about the rapture is best expressed in
1 Thessalonians 4:15–17:
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are
alive and remain (these are we, not they) unto the coming of
the Lord, shall not prevent them which are asleep.
(That means some of us will still be alive until The
Day of the Lord.)
77
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice
of the archangel (the second coming of Jesus), and with the
trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be
with the Lord.
We shall live until the second coming of the Lord,
until the Lord descends from heaven.
So, it is clear from this verse that we would not be
caught up (raptured) at the beginning of the
Tribulation.
This is elaborated more clearly in the Book of
Revelation; there are even two explanations in
Revelation about the Rapture, which are found in
Revelation 7:13-14:
Revelation 7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are
these which are arrayed in white robes? And whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me. These are they
which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and
made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
They who have been saved are those people who had come
out of the great tribulation. They were people who had
entered or experienced the tribulation or great
disaster, but had shown steady endurance or had
remained faithful to the Lord.
78
Then, there is another explanation about the rapture
in Revelation 15:2:
Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and
them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over
his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having
the harps of God.
The people who had defeated the beast and his image
and his mark are those who had experienced a time of
great persecution but refused to worship the anti-
Christ and did not want to be implanted with the chip
even though they got themselves into adversity and
persecution.
From these two verses about the rapture, it is clear
that we all shall experience a time of tribulation or
persecution.
Even though there are many books which state that we
shall be caught up in the beginning, but until now the
authors have not found any verse which declares that
God’s people will be raptured before the time of
tribulation or will not experience a time of
persecution. In fact, it had already been explained
earlier that God’s people would be tortured, murdered,
and hated by all nations so that many would apostate.
79
If God’s people had been raptured before they
underwent persecution, how was it possible for them to
be apostate?
Then, there were also those who had interpreted that
there would be two raptures, a first rapture and then
a second one following. Why is there an interpretation
like this? It is suspected that the possibility was
because there are indeed two verses that described the
rapture in Revelation as explained previously, while
both verses explained on the same occurrence.
Herewith, it is clear that there is not a second
rapture.
80
CHAPTER VI
THE TRIBULATION AND THE WRATH OF GOD
The Book of Revelation explains that the seven years
of the End of Times consist of two three and a half
year periods: tribulation in the first three and a
half years followed by the outpouring of God’s wrath
in the second three and a half years. The rapture
occurs at the end of the tribulation; so in the first
three and a half years, after the tribulation is over,
there will be rapture, and then the outpouring of
God’s wrath.
Two Visions of John Described in the Book of Revelation
It seems that the verses in the Book of Revelation do
not appear chronologically from chapter 1 through
chapter 22. Instead, several occurrences were
discussed repeatedly or twice. The first part begins
from chapter 1 to 9 plus chapter 11. After that we
find some repetitions in chapter 10, chapter 12 to the
end.
So, in the Book of Revelation, we shall find several
repetitions. Why is it so?
Because the Book of Revelation was written by John who
received two visions, the first one in Revelation 1:1-
2
81
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his
servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it
by his angel unto his servant John.
2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ,
and of all things that he saw.
While the second vision is found in Revelation 10:
8 And the voice that I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go
and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth
upon the sea and upon the earth.
9 And I went unto the angel and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he
said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make the belly bitter, but it
shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in
my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and
nations, and tongues, and kings.
Next we shall see repetitions in the Book of
Revelation, particularly similarities found in the
first and second visions.
Seven Disasters of God’s Wrath
One of the most obvious evidence is the seven
disasters of God’s wrath described in the first vision
in Revelation chapter 8 to verse 11 of chapter 9 as
the 7 trumpets and in the second vision in Revelation
16 as the seven vials of God’s wrath. If we observe
82
carefully, it turns out that the seven trumpets and
the seven vials of God's wrath are the same and
complement each other. Let us view it together:
Revelation 8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire
mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of
trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
In Revelation from the second vision:
Revelation 16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth;
and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark
of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
In this part, the repetitions are not very clear, but
in the next description of the trumpet/vial of wrath
the repetitions are clearer.
Then, the second angel blew the trumpet,
Revelation 8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great
mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part
of the sea became blood. 9 And the third part of the creatures
which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the
ships were destroyed.
In Revelation 16 the second vial of God’s wrath was
poured out,
Revelation 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the
sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul
died in the sea.
83
The third trumpet
Revelation 8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from
heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the
rivers, and upon the fountains of waters.
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood, and the third part of the
waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they
were made bitter. The third vial of God’s wrath
Revelation 16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and
fountains of waters; and they became blood.
The fourth trumpet
Revelation 18:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the
sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the
stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a
third part of it, and the night likewise.
The fourth vial of God’s wrath
Revelation 16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and
power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
which has power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
The fifth trumpet Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven
unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
84
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as
the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by
reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth; and unto them was
given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the
earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which
have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should
be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire
to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle;
and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as
the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of
lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of
their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Then, in the following verse:
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in
their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit,
whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath
his name Apollyion.
85
The fifth vial of God’s wrath
Revelation 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of
the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed
their tongues for pain,
This part is also similar, there are scorpions with
tails that sting, and they gnawed their tongues for
pain.
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores,
and repented not of their deeds.
Next is the sixth trumpet
Revelation 9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the
four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels
which are bound in the great river Euphrates,
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a
day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third of men,
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand:
and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having
breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses
were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and
brimstone.
86
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the
smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19 For their power is in their mouths, and in their tails: for their tails were like
unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented
not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols
of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see,
nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their
fornication, nor of their thefts.
The 6th vial of God’s wrath
Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great
river Euphrates: and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the
kings of the east might be prepared.
The seventh trumpet was started in Revelation 11:
Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices
in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our
Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell
upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, Oh Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast,
and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast
reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the
dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy
87
servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small
and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his
temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and
thundering, and an earthquake, and great hail.
The 7th vial of God’s Wrath
Revelation 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and
there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne saying,”
It is done.”
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a
great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so
mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations
fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the
cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the
weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail;
for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
144.000 Tribal Descendants of Israel In the Book of Revelation, there are also two notes
about the 144,000 people from the tribal descendants
of Israel who have been redeemed from among the people
as first-born sacrifices of God, in the following:
88
Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there
were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of
the children of Israel.
Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a lamb stood on the mount Sion, and
with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his father’s name
written in their foreheads.
Rapture in the Book of Revelation Beside the above, there are also two scriptures about
the rapture as has been explained before, they are:
Revelation 7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me,” What are
these which are arrayed in white robes? And whence came they?” 14 And I
said unto him, “Sir, thou knowest.” And he said to me, “These are they which
came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb.”
Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and
them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over
his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having
the harps of God.
If the above mentioned three occurrences, which
concerns the 144,000 descendants of Israel, the
rapture, and the trumpet/the vial of God’s wrath were
to be arranged chronologically, then they would appear
as follows:
89
144.000
Revelation 7:4
Revelation 14:1
Rapture
Revelation 7:13–14
Revelation 15:2
The Trumpet = Vials of God’s wrath
Revelation 8:7 – Revelation 11:19
Revelation 16:2 - Revelation 16:21
It is very interesting to observe that in the first
vision, as well as in the second vision, the rapture
had occurred before the trumpets were sounded, or the
vials of God’s wrath poured. That means that the
pouring of the vials of God’s wrath occurred after the
rapture had taken place.
Beside that, the verses below also explained that the
Lord’s people would not experience the wrath of God:
Romans 5:8-9 But God commendeth his love towards us, in that, while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by
his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
I Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised
from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
In First Thessalonians it is said: saved from God’s
wrath; so it means that God’s people will not be
90
touched by God’s wrath, but they will definitely have
to experience the time of tribulation or the time of
persecution.
The Structure of the Book of Revelation
The outline of the book of Revelation consists of
seven letters to the congregations, the seven seals,
the seven trumpets, and the seven vials of wrath.
Because the seventh seal consists of seven trumpets
which are similar to the seven vials of wrath,
therefore the structure of Revelation becomes: Seven
letters to the congregations, the first to the fourth
seals which consist of four horses (white, red, black,
pale), the fifth seal, the sixth seal which is
rapture, and the seventh seal in the forms of seven
trumpets or seven vials of God’s wrath.
We will gain more understanding of the above mentioned
items if we combine both visions and then restructure
the book of Revelation based on the time of
occurrences, as follows: (Please read page 123).
91
CHAPTER VII
PERSECUTION AND THE 7 SEALS
The existence of persecution before Jesus' second
coming is very much mentioned in the Bible, described
directly by Jesus as well as by the Apostles.
Some of the verses are as follows:
Matthew 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you:
and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall
many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Matthew 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the
beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Revelation 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that
killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and
the faith of the saints.
Revelation 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast,
that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as
would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the
mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Persecutions that will be experienced by God’s
children had already been written clearly in their
92
order in the book of Revelation in the form of the
first to the fourth seals.
The First Seal:
Revelation 6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard,
as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a
crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
The meaning of the white horse and who its rider is,
was described in great detail in Revelation 13:1-18
Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up
out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten
crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2 And the beast which I
saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his
mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his
seat, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to
death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the
beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:
and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able
to make war with him? 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking
great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue
forty and two months. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,
to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 7
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:
and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8 And
all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written
in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9 If any
93
man have an ear, let him hear. 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into
captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is
the patience and the faith of the saints. 11 And I beheld another beast coming
up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a
dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and
causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast,
whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he
maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he
had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the
earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a
sword, and did live. 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the
beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as
would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth
all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in
their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell,
save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore
and six.
So in the future, these things will happen:
• The rise of the 10 kingdoms
Revelation 13: 1 And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, ten horns
and seven heads above the horns there were ten crowns, and on his head
the names of blasphemy. 2 The beast I saw was like unto a leopard, and
his feet like a bear and a mouth like a lion.
• The emergence of the antichrist
94
Revelation 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to
death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered
after the beast.
• The emergence of the false prophet
Revelation 13: 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of earth
and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake like a dragon.
The events that will accompany the presence of these
three end of times characters will be as follows:
• The antichrist figure will be under attack by a
sword on his head that seems very life-
threatening, but the antichrist will survive and
stay alive, so that all mankind become amazed,
proud of the antichrist and then follow and
worship him.
Revelation 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to
death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered
after the beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power
unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto
the beast? who is able to make war with him?
• The antichrist will be arrogant and blasphemes
against God
Revelation 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great
things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue
forty and two months. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy
95
against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that
dwell in heaven.
• The Antichrist will persecute and kill the children
of God and will rule the world.
Revelation 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,
and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and
tongues, and nations. 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into
captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
• The false prophet will cooperate with the Antichrist
and will cause all mankind to worship the
Antichrist.
Revelation 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before
him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the
first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
• The false prophet will perform false miraculous
signs.
Revelation 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come
down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
2 Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan
with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they
received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
96
• The false prophet will command humans to make statue
of the antichrist.
Revelation 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means
of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying
to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the
beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
• The false prophet will give life to the image of the
antichrist so that the image could speak and kill
everyone who does not worship that image.
Revelation 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast,
that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as
would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
• The false prophet will cause all mankind to be
marked with the 666chip.
Revelation 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the
name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him
that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the
number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
The second seal:
“Revelation 6: 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second
beast say, Come and see. 4 And there went out another horse that was red:
97
and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and
that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
The meaning of the red horse and the rider described
in Revelation 11:1-2 is as follows:
"Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel
stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them
that worship therein. 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out,
and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they
tread under foot forty and two months.
So in these times such things as the following will
happen:
• The construction of the temple of God in Jerusalem
"Revelation 11:1 ......." Rise, and measure the temple of God .....
• God's people will worship in the Temple
"Revelation 11:1 .......... "...... the altar, and them that worship therein.
• The construction of the temple does not include the
(construction of the) court
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not;
for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under
foot forty and two months.
Wikipedia explains that the location of the
Jerusalem Temple is where the Dome of the Rock is
currently located.
98
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_in_Jerusalem
From the above picture we can see that the Dome of the Rock is located on the court of the
future Temple that will be built.
Since the location of the Temple court is already occupied by the Dome of the Rock, only
the Holy and the Holy of Holies will be built.
99
Replica of the Temple to be built.
Peace on earth will disappear.
Revelation 6:4 …and power was given to him that sat thereon to take
peace from the earth, …………
The construction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem
would probably be strongly rejected by other
religion so that this issue would cause peace on
earth to disappear. And most probably too, that
the construction of the Holy Temple would cause
damage to the Dome of the Rock, or other holy
places, arousing anger among other religious
groups.
Murdering one another
Revelation 6:4…… and that they should kill one another, ……………
100
The effect of the construction of the Holy Temple
in Jerusalem would cause people of different
religions murder one another.
The Christians would be murdered by way of the
guillotine.
Revelation 6:4 …………, and there was given unto him a great sword.
The use of a guillotine in executing a death
penalty on a person appears very sadistic and
primitive, particularly in this modern era when
human rights are being emphasized and made aware
of. But, the fact is that a death penalty by way
of the guillotine for criminals is legally
practiced in the state of Georgia, USA. This
sounds strange, but it is a fact.
101
Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions HB 1274 - Death penalty; guillotine provisions Code Sections - 17-10-38/ 17-10-44 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1 To amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official 1- 2 Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the death penalty 1- 3 generally, so as to provide a statement of legislative 1- 4 policy; to provide for death by guillotine; to provide for 1- 5 applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other 1- 6 purposes. SECTION 1. 8 The General Assembly finds that while prisoners condemned to 1- 9 death may wish to donate one or more of their organs for 1-10 transplant, any such desire is thwarted by the fact that 1-11 electrocution makes all such organs unsuitable for 1-12 transplant. The intent of the General Assembly in enacting 1-13 this legislation is to provide for a method of execution 1-14 which is compatible with the donation of organs by a 1-15 condemned prisoner.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/Archives/19951996/leg/fulltext/hb1274.htm
Beside that the death penalty by beheading
is a special punishment of a particular
religion, so that they would behead
Christians whom they considered having
destroyed their holy place of worship.
The Third Seal:
Revelation 6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast
say, “Come and see.” And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him
had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the
four beasts say, “A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of
barley for a penny: and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.”
102
One of the particular characteristic of the black
horse was the high cost of the staple food mentioned
that a measure of wheat cost a penny and three
measures of barley cost a penny. A penny was the wage
of a worker, so that if we use the minimum standard of
wages in Jakarta which is Rp 2.200.000,- per month or
Rp 84.615,- per day (divided by 26 work days)
comparing to the price of rice as the main staple food
which could reach about Rp 85.000,- per kilogram, and
the second grade staple food like yam, cassava, corn,
and sago could cost Rp 28.200,- per kilogram. These
prices are high because the wage of a worker per day
can buy only a kilogram of rice, or three kilograms of
cassavas.
What is the cause that the prices of staple food are
so high?
The Book of Revelation gives the explanation about the
cause of the high prices of staple food in Revelation
11:6
Revelation 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days
of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to
smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
So, at this third seal, God instructed the two
witnesses of the Lord to prophecy while they were
going into mourning for one thousand two hundred and
sixty days.
103
And while they were prophesying, they had the power to
close the sky so that there would no rain fall, so
that the earth would suffer from drought so that the
prices of food would become expensive.
The Fourth Seal:
Revelation 6: 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of
the fourth beast say, “Come and see.” 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:
and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And
Power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword
and with hunger and with death and with the beasts of the earth.
The characteristic of the fourth horse was that he was
pale (green and yellow) colored and his rider was
Death, and the kingdom of death was following him.
From the characteristic mentioned, it was obvious that
there would be a lot of death because they got
murdered by the sword, and there would be famines,
plagues and ferocious animals on earth.
What was the pale (green yellow) horse? Until now the
authors have not found any explanations from other
verses in the Book of Revelation, so that they
concluded that the word green probably referred to the
color which is the symbol of a particular religion,
because part of the deaths were caused by swords.
While the yellow color probably referred to the
drought for the other part of people died from hunger.
104
The Fifth Seal:
Revelation 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar
the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony
which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, ”How long, O Lord, holy and
true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the
earth?”
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto
them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow-servants
also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
At the fifth seal there were souls who were murdered
because they were faithful to God, and who were crying
out to God to revenge their blood, that was answered
that they should rest awhile until the number of their
fellow-servants and brethren who would be murdered
like them be fulfilled.
This verse explained that God’s people would suffer
from persecution unto death, so that it strengthened
the thought that the green horse probably was the
symbol of a certain religion that would murder God’s
people with the sword.
The sixth seal:
Revelation 6: 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there
was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and
the moon became as blood.
105
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her
untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every
mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the
chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man,
hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains.
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face
of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.”
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Revelation 7 : 1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four
corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should
not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the
living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was
given to hurt the earth and the sea.
3 Saying, “Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed
the servants of our God in their foreheads.”
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed
an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of
Israel.
5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben
were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
106
6 Of the tribe of A’ser were sealed twelve thousand, Of the tribe of Nephtalim
were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve
thousand.
7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph
were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve
thousand.
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number,
of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne,
and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation to our God which sitteth
upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and
the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God.
12 Saying, “Amen: Blessing and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and
honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, “What are these which are
arrayed in white robes? And whence came they?”
14 And I said unto him, “Sir, thou knowest.” And he said to me, “These are
they which came out of tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made
them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God , and serve him day and night
in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun
light on them, nor any heat.
107
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall
lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes.
The event that occurred at the sixth seal was the
event that was anticipated by believers, which is the
second coming of Jesus and the rapture of believers as
explained in 1 Thessalonians 4:15–17. And very
striking is the fact that God had given special signs
in nature before the second coming of Jesus, as
written in:
Revelation 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there
was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair,
and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the
earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a
mighty wind. 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together;
and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
The sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon
as blood had already been stated before in:
Acts 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.
How the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon
into blood, and when those signs will come to pass
will be explained in the second volume titled “Sky
Signs of The Second Coming of Jesus,” if God wills it.
108
Following the events which will take place at the
opening of sixth seal are:
A great earthquake with falling stars and there
will be unusual occurrences in the sky.
Revelation 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth……….…14
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every
mountain and island were moved out of their places.
144.000 people from the Israelite tribes will be
sealed or saved.
Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and
there were sealed an hundred and forty four thousand of all the
tribes of the children of Israel.
Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion,
and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his
father’s name written in their foreheads.
The rapture of God’s children who are faithful
until the end.
Revelation 7 : 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no
man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and
tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white
robes, and palms in their hands.
14 And I said unto him, “Sir thou knowest.” And he said to me, “These
are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their
robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
109
Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire:
and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over
his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his
name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
The Seventh Seal:
At this very seventh seal, after the rapture at the
sixth seal, then the angels blew their trumpets, and
also pour out the cup of the wrath of God.
Revelation 8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in
heaven about the space of half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given
seven trumpets.
110
CHAPTER VIII
TWO WITNESSES OF GOD Revelation 11:3–13 explains about the two witnesses of
God.
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a
thousand two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are
the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the
earth. 5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth,
and devoureth their enemies; and if any man will hurt them, he must in this
manner be killed. 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the
days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood,
and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. 7 And when they
shall have finished their testimony the beast that ascendeth out of the
bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill
them. 8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which
spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their
dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be
put in graves. 10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them,
and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another, because these two
prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. 11 And after three days and
an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their
feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. 12 And they heard a
great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended
up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. 13 And the same
hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in
the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were
affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
111
As already explained before, that the two witnesses of
God appeared at the third seal and would be on earth
for 1260 days, or three and a half years.
Both witnesses of God did not appear at the beginning
of the end of times, or the beginning of the 7 years,
but in the middle of the 7 years until the end of the
7 years. The proofs are as follow:
The two witnesses of God have the power to change
the waters into blood. And the event of water
being changed into blood only occurred at the
second trumpet/vial of God’s wrath.
Revelation 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the
days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn
them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as
they will.
Revelation 8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great
mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part
of the sea became blood, 9 And the third part of the creatures
which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships
were destroyed.
Revelation 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea;
and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every living soul died
in the sea.
At the end of the three and a half years service
of the two witnesses of God, both were raptured
112
by God, and there were great earthquakes which
also happened at the seventh trumpet/vial of
wrath, or the end of the three and a half years
of God’s wrath.
Revelation 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake,
and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of
men seven thousand: and the remnant were afrightened, and gave
glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and
there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were
lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and
great hail.
Revelation 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air;
and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the
throne, saying, “It is done.” 18 And there were voices, and thunders,
and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not
since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
From the explanations above, it has become clearer
that the two witnesses of God appeared at the end of
the tribulation until the end of God’s wrath. So, we
can assume that the last seven years of the end of
times consist of three and a half years of
tribulation, and three and a half years of God’s
wrath.
113
CHAPTER IX
THE ATTITUDE OF GOD’S CHILDREN How to Avoid 666Chip In the previous part, it has been explained that there
would not be a rapture at the beginning of the
persecution or before it. If this is the case, what
should we do as children of God during the
persecution?
Even though God would not rapture us at the beginning,
which means that we all would have to experience the
persecution, God had already given directions as what
we should do in Matthew 10:23.
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I
say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man
be come. (Matthew 10:23).
What does it mean? When the chip program has started
to be implemented, let’s say in Jakarta, we have to
move to another city where it is not required yet for
all the inhabitants to have chips implanted, because
for sure, the implants of the chips will have to be
done in stages, as it is impossible to have them
implanted to all the inhabitants of Indonesia within a
short time. When they have done it to all the people
of the island of Java, they will probably move to the
island of Sumatra. When it is done in Sumatra, most
114
probably they will move to other cities, maybe the
last island will be Papua, or the villages in the
interior of the islands outside Java. But, before the
requirement to have the chips implanted will reach
Papua, or the other villages in the interior, the Lord
has promised that the Son of man will have already
come.
How We Should Keep Ourselves Alive
Afterwards, how should we keep ourselves alive while
we are on the run, what must we do?
Someone says that from now on, or when the signs are
more convincing, we are to gather food, or buy a piece
of land in the interior and start self-supporting:
grow our own food, have our own water-supply, build
our own power plant; such activities are referred to
as “Joseph’s granary.” We collect things that we shall
need to face the “desert season,” or troubles and
persecutions. Those actions will possibly be
successful when done in remote islands, or outside
Java, where the inhabitants are scarce. But, if those
actions are done on the island of Java, most probably
they will not be successful. For, as soon as the
community knows that the land belongs to a Christian,
it will be confiscated, or taken by the people as we
shall not be able to report to the police. Because, as
115
soon as we try to report to the police, the first
thing they will ask for is an ID.
Beside that, if there were to be a harvest, the
surrounding people would just take them, and we would
be helpless.
So, what should we do then?
The way out is in Luke 16, the parable about the
dishonest steward.
Luke 16:1 And he said unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which
had a steward; and the same man was accused unto him that he has wasted
his goods.
Who is that steward? We are. We are God’s stewards.
Why do we waste? Because we use a lot of blessings for
our own benefits.
2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? Give
an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? For my lord taketh
away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they
may receive me into their houses.
5 So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first,
How much owest thou unto my lord?
6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him. Take thy bill
and, and sit down quickly and write fifty.
116
7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said an hundred
measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write four score.
8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for
the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of
light.
9 And I say unto you. Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of
unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting
habitations.
The 8th verse is somewhat strange, as it was clear that
the steward was not honest, but his lord praised his
behaviour. In verse 9, it is also said, And I say unto you,
Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness: that, when ye
fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
The purpose is that when we do not have any money, or
do not have access any more to our riches, mammon
which we usually use cannot be used anymore, then “you
would be received into the eternal tent.”
So, in the approaching end of times, we had better
often help our neighbours, help people who owe the
master.
Who are those who owe the master? Those are people who
are not God’s children whom we have to help, so that
later on when the troubled times come, they can help
us.
117
To Have Oil in the Vessels The most important thing besides having to help people
is reading the Bible. Why? Let us read and study
together the Lord Jesus’ parable below:
Matthew 25:1 ”Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them.
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold the bridegroom cometh; go
ye out to meet him.
7 Then all hose virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps have
gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there not be enough for us and
you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were
ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
118
13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son
of man cometh.
In the above parable, it is very clear that Jesus said
that this parable is about the Kingdom of Heaven. The
ten virgins above were all God’s children, Christians.
The proof was that all were carrying lamps to meet the
bridegroom.
The difference between the foolish and the wise was
the fact that the foolish did not bring oil, while the
wise brought oil in their vessels.
Why were the five foolish virgins finally left behind?
Because, besides these five foolish virgins did not
have spare oil, the bridegroom also tarried in coming
so that all fell asleep. And those who fell asleep
were the ten virgins, meaning that there was a space
of time when all were asleep, within which the time
they were asleep, the wise as well as the foolish
virgins could not add the oil in their lamps.
When the bridegroom really came, the foolish said that
their lamps were running out of oil.
If we study the case more deeply, the almost dying
light referred to being ungodly or wicked.
Proverbs 24:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be
wise in thy latter end.
119
Being ungodly is different from being an unbeliever;
an unbeliever is someone who does not know God, while
an ungodly is someone who has already known God, but
still lives like an unbeliever.
Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with
his teeth.
Psalm 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow,
to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright
conversation.
Psalms 37:21 The wicketh borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous
sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalm 109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are
opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Psalms 119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that
forsake thy law.
Next we know that the wise virgins were finally
allowed to enter, then the door was closed and the
foolish virgins could not enter. And the Lord said,
”Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Why did not the Lord know them? Were not they God’s
children?
The Lord did not know them, not because He left them,
for the Lord is faithful as stated in Psalms 10:5 For the
120
Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all
generations.
But, finally the five foolish virgins became apostate
as their knowledge of Scripture was very little so
that they were easily cheated by the Devil.
Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs
and wonders to seduce, if it were possible even the elect.
That is why, in this very limited time, we ought to
read the Bible diligently, because within a short time
we shall enter the time when we “sleep”, when there
will be no access into God’s Word anymore, even so the
Bible will probably disappear because people of other
religions will search for and destroy them.
Therefore, the most urgent thing to be done at this
time is to read the Scriptures from Genesis to
Revelation without skipping any part, as the Bible is
one related unit, so that it should be read in its
wholeness to be able to get a complete picture. When
one reads the Bible, it is also not recommended to
jump from one part to another, for there is not one
part, or even one verse, or word, or punctuation mark
which is not useful, or has no significance, as the
Bible is God’s Word, and the Word is God himself. That
is why, as a child of God, it is compulsory to read
the Bible from Genesis to Revelation at least once in
a year.
121
Considering the limited time approaching the last days
which will be full of persecutions and tricks and
deceit of the Devil, we ought to read the Bible more
than once per year. Of course, it is more important to
meditate upon the Word, to keep it in our hearts, and
to apply it in our daily lives.
Prayer and the Family Altar
Anticipating the last days which are full of
persecutions, it is just natural that we should draw
closer to God as our source of strength. We should
improve our personal relationships with God through
prayers. In this limited time left, we ought to get to
know God better through reading, meditating and
particularly applying the Word, but we also need to
live depending on God sincerely, so that we can
personally feel and see with our own eyes the Lord’s
strength and power, as Job and the inhabitants of
Samaria had experienced it:
Job 42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye
seeth thee.
John 4:42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy
saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the
Christ, the Saviour of the world.
122
Beside that, we have to have a family altar regularly
every day so that all the members of the family can
build personal relationships which grow closer with
the Lord and fellow members of the family.
Taking Care of the Family
Taking care of the family is very important for us to
do in these last days.
If we, as members of a congregation have problems, or
heavy burdens at this moment, we can still share our
burdens with the servant of God, an elder, or a
brother in faith, but most probably, we shall not be
able to do that anymore when the time of persecutions
are taking place.
During persecutions, when we shall have to flee,
everyone flees, even the servant of God and the elders
most probably will have to flee too, we do not know
where to. We may not be together with all the members
of our family, for sure. If we are still fortunate to
be among our family members, and if at that moment we
have burdens, then we shall only be able to share our
burdens with the members of the family. Only members
of our family can strengthen and advise us. So, taking
care of our families has to be given first priority.
123
CHAPTER X
THE END
This writing is the first part of a four part material
on the end of times that will be available. If God
wills it, the second book which is the second volume
will soon be written. It will deal with the second
coming of Jesus in connection with the signs in nature
as they were a bit mentioned in chapter 7 about the
sixth seal. In this second volume, we will find that
evidently in 2014 and 2015 we will behold the signs in
nature which were mentioned in:
Revelation 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there
was a great earthquake: and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair,
and the moon became as blood.
Acts 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord comes.
Truly, the second coming of Jesus will be more obvious
in the third material, i.e. about the role of the
Moslem religion at the end of times, but we are still
considering how to write about the event in such a way
as not to arouse offense among various parties.
The last part will be material about false teachings
at the end of times, because the main purpose of the
Devil is to lead men astray and not to persecute them.
This means that if all men, including the chosen
124
people, can be tricked into going astray, there will
be no need to persecute them. But when they can not be
deceived, he will try to tempt them by offering them
the riches and glory of this world, similar to the
temptation of Jesus. If these two ways do not work,
then there will be persecution. That is why it is
important to know the deceptions of the Devil as much
as possible to make us more alert and to keep us from
going astray.
125
THE BOOK OF REVELATION IN A NEW STRUCTURE
Note:
Verses printed in the upright letters are the original
order of the verses, while verses in italics are
inserted verses because they are of the same event or
timing.
“Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to
shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and
signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word
of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
“3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy,
and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
“Revelation 10:1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven,
clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it
were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 2 And he had in his hand a little
book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried,
seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 And when the seven thunders had
uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven
saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and
write them not. 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the
earth lifted up his hand to heaven, 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and
ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and
the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that
there should be time no longer: 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh
126
angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as
he hath declared to his servants the prophets. 8 And the voice which I heard
from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which
is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the
earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book.
And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter,
but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 10 And I took the little book out of
the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as
soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. 11 And he said unto me, Thou must
prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.”
“Revelation 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman
clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown
of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and
pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and
behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven
crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of
heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the
woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it
was born. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations
with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of
God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore
days. 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not;
neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon
was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the
whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with
him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation,
and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the
127
accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day
and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the
word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
“12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the
inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! For the devil is come down unto you,
having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 13
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the
woman which brought forth the man child . 14 And to the woman were given
two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her
place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the
face of the serpent. 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood
after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17 And the
dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of
Jesus Christ. ‘’ 18 And he remained standing on the seashore.
Revelation 1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto
you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and
from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ,
who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of
the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in
his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father;
to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he cometh
with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and
all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 “I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and
which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.””
128
“9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in
the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos,
for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the
Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest,
write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto
Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto
Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.” 12 And I turned to see the
voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man,
clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden
girdle. 14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and
his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they
burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. 16 And he had
in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged
sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 17 And
when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me,
saying unto me, “Fear not; I am the first and the last: 18 I am he that liveth,
and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of
hell and of death. 19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things
which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 20 The mystery of the
seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden
candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven
candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.”
“Revelation 2:1 “Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things
saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst
of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy
patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried
them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3
129
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and
hast not fainted. 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou
hast left thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from and do the first works; or
else I will come whence thou art fallen, and repent, unto thee quickly, and will
remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. 6 But this thou
hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 He that
hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that
overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the
paradise of God. ”
“8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the
first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 9 I know thy works, and
tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them
which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear
none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of
you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be
thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. 11 He that hath an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh
shall not be hurt of the second death.”
“12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he
which hath the sharp sword with two edges; 13 I know thy works, and where
thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is : and thou holdest fast my name, and
hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful
martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. 14 But I have a few
things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of
Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel,
to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. 15 So hast thou
also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 16
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with
the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
130
saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden
manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written,
which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”
“18 “And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the
Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine
brass; 19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy
patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. 20
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that
woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my
servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. 21 And I
gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 22 Behold, I
will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great
tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 23 And I will kill her children
with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the
reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this
doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will
put upon you none other burden. 25 But that which ye have already hold fast
till I come. 26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to
him will I give power over the nations: 27 And he shall rule them with a rod of
iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received
of my Father. 28 And I will give him the morning star. 29 He that hath an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.””
“Revelation 3:1 “1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These
things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know
thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 2 Be watchful,
and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not
found thy works perfect before God. 3 Remember therefore how thou hast
131
received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch,
I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come
upon thee. 4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled
their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. 5 He
that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot
out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my
Father, and before his angels. 6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith unto the churches.”
“7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he
that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and
no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; 8 I know thy works:
behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou
hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. 9
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews,
and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy
feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 10 Because thou hast kept the word of
my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come
upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. 11 Behold, I come
quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 12 Him
that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no
more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the
city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from
my God: and I will write upon him my new name. 13 He that hath an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.””
“14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith
the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold
or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will
132
spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased
with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched,
and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me
gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou
mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and
anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I
rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the
door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to
him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I
grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down
with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith unto the churches. “”
“Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven:
and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me;
which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be
hereafter. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set
in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a
jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in
sight like unto an emerald. 4 And round about the throne were four and twenty
seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white
raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne
proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps
of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6 And
before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of
the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and
behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf,
and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying
eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they
were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy,
133
holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those
beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who
liveth for ever and ever, 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him
that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast
their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive
glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy
pleasure they are and were created.”
“Revelation 5: 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a
book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw
a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book,
and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither
under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4 And I
wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book,
neither to look thereon. 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not:
behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open
the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.”
“6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in
the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns
and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7
And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the
throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and
twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and
golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 9 And they sung a
new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals
thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of
every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 And hast made us unto
our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 11 And I beheld,
and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and
134
the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and
thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that
was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour,
and glory, and blessing. 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the
earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them,
heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 14 And the four
beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped
him that liveth for ever and ever. “
“Revelation 6:1 1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I
heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and
see. 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow;
and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to
conquer.”
“Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up
out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten
crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2 And the beast which I
saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his
mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his
seat, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to
death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the
beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:
and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? Who is able
to make war with him? 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking
great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue
forty and two months. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,
to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 7
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:
135
and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8 And
all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written
in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9 If any
man have an ear, let him hear. 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into
captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is
the patience and the faith of the saints. 11 And I beheld another beast coming
up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a
dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and
causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast,
whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he
maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he
had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the
earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a
sword, and did live. 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the
beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as
would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth
all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in
their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell,
save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore
and six.”
“Revelation 6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second
beast say, Come and see. 4 And there went out another horse that was red: and
power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that
they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
136
“Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel
stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them
that worship therein. 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out,
and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they
tread under foot forty and two months.”
“Revelation 6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast
say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him
had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the
four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley
for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.”
“Revelation 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall
prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the
God of the earth. 5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their
mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in
this manner be killed. 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in
the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood,
and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. 7 And when they
shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the
bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill
them. 8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which
spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their
dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be
put in graves. 10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them,
and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two
prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. 11 And after three days and
an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their
137
feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. 12 And they heard a
great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended
up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. 13 And the same
hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in
the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were
affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.”
“Revelation 6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the
fourth beast say, Come and see. 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and
his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power
was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and
with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.” “Revelation 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the
souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which
they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy
and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the
earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said
unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants
also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were , should be fulfilled.
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great
earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon
became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig
tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14 And the
heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and
island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the
great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and
every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks
of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide
us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the
138
Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to
stand?
“Revelation 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four
corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should
not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 2 And I saw another
angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried
with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and
the sea, 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have
sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 4 And I heard the number of
them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four
thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. 5 Of the tribe of Juda were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of
the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 6 Of the tribe of Aser were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Simeon
were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon
were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
“Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and
with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name
written in their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of
many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of
harpers harping with their harps: 3 And they sung as it were a new song
before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could
learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were
redeemed from the earth. 4 These are they which were not defiled with
women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb
whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the
139
firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no
guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.”
“Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having
the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to
every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with a loud
voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come:
and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains
of waters.”
“Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man
could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood
before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in
their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round
about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the
throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and
glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be
unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered,
saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? And whence
came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me,
These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their
robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they
before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that
sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead
them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes.”
140
“Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and
them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over
his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having
the harps of God. 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and
the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God
Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not
fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations
shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.”
“Revelation 8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in
heaven about the space of half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels which
stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 3 And another
angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given
unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the
incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out
of the angel’s hand. 5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of
the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and
lightnings, and an earthquake.
“Revelation 14: 8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen,
is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication.”
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man
worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is
poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be
tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in
the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for
141
ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and
his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12 Here is the
patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and
the faith of Jesus.
“13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the
dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they
may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. 14 And I
looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son
of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that
sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to
reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 16 And he that sat on the cloud
thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 17 And another
angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and
cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy
sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are
fully ripe. 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered
the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the
winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six
hundred furlongs.”
“Revelation 15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous,
seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of
God.
“Revelation 15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the
tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 6 And the seven angels
came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white
142
linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. 7 And one of the
four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of
God, who liveth for ever and ever. 8 And the temple was filled with smoke
from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into
the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.”
“Revelation 16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the
seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon
the earth.”
Revelation 8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared
themselves to sound. 7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire
mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of
trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
“Revelation 16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth;
and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark
of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
Revelation 8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain
burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became
blood; 9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life,
died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
“Revelation 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it
became as the blood of a dead man : and every living soul died in the sea.
Revelation 8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from
heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers,
and upon the fountains of waters; 11 And the name of the star is called
143
Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men
died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
“Revelation 16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and
fountains of waters; and they became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the
waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be,
because thou hast judged thus. 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and
prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. 7
And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and
righteous are thy judgments.”
Revelation 8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was
smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the
third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and
the night likewise. 13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the
midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of
the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which
are yet to sound!“
“Revelation 16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and
power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched
with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over
these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.”
“Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven
unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 And he
opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke
of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the
smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth:
and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth,
144
neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the
seal of God in their foreheads. 5 And to them it was given that they should not
kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was
as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. 6 And in those days shall
men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee
from them. 7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared
unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces
were as the faces of men. 8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their
teeth were as the teeth of lions. 9 And they had breastplates, as it were
breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of
many horses running to battle. 10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and
there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit,
whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his
name Apollyon. 12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more
hereafter.”
“Revelation 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the
beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues
for pain, 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and
their sores, and repented not of their deeds.”
“Revelation 9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the
four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 Saying to the sixth angel
which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river
Euphrates. 15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an
hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. 16
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand
thousand: and I heard the number of them. 17 And thus I saw the horses in the
vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth,
145
and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out
of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. 18 By these three was
the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone,
which issued out of their mouths. 19 For their power is in their mouth, and in
their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them
they do hurt. 20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these
plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not
worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood:
which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 21 Neither repented they of their
murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.”
“Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river
Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the
east might be prepared. 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come
out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of
the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are the spirits of devils, working
miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to
gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15 Behold, I
come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he
walk naked, and they see his shame. 16 And he gathered them together into a
place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.”
“Revelation 11:14 The second woe is past; and , behold, the third woe cometh
quickly. 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in
heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our
Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 16 And the four
and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and
worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which
art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power,
and hast reigned. 18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and
the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give
146
reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy
name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. 19
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple
the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings,
and an earthquake, and great hail.”
“Revelation 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and
there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying,
It is done. 18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there
was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so
mighty an earthquake, and so great. 19 And the great city was divided into
three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in
remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness
of his wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not
found. 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone
about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague
of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.”
“Revelation 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven
vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee
the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 With whom
the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the
earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried
me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet
coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with
gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of
abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 And upon her forehead was a
name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF
HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman
147
drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus:
and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.”
“7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the
mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven
heads and ten horns. 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall
ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on
the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from
the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not,
and yet is. 9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are
seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 10 And there are seven kings:
five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh,
he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he
is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 12 And the ten
horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet;
but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. 13 These have one mind,
and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. 14 These shall make
war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords,
and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and
faithful. 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the
whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 16 And
the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and
shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with
fire. 17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give
their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 18 And
the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of
the earth.”
“Revelation 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from
heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And
he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is
148
fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit,
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of
the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have
committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich
through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from
heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins,
and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven,
and God hath remembered her iniquities. 6 Reward her even as she rewarded
you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she
hath filled fill to her double. 7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived
deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit
a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 8 Therefore shall her
plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be
utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 9 And the
kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with
her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her
burning, 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas,
that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man
buyeth their merchandise any more: 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver,
and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and
scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner
vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And
cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and
fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and
slaves, and souls of men. 14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are
departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed
from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these
things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her
torment, weeping and wailing, 16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that
149
was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and
precious stones, and pearls! 17 For in one hour so great riches is come to
nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as
many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18 And cried when they saw the smoke of
her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! 19 And they cast dust
on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city,
wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness!
for in one hour is she made desolate. 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye
holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. 21 And a mighty
angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus
with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found
no more at all. 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and
trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of
whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a
millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 23 And the light of a candle
shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the
bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men
of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 24 And in her was
found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the
earth.”
“Revelation 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in
heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the
Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged
the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath
avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia.
And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and
the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying,
Amen; Alleluia. 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God,
all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.”
150
Revelation 19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the
voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia:
for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give
honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made
herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine
linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9 And
he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage
supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not:
I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus:
worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. 11 And I saw
heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called
Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His
eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a
name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a
vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the
armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine
linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with
it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he
treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he
hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND
LORD OF LORDS. 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried
with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven,
Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 18 That
ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty
men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all
men, both free and bond, both small and great. 19 And I saw the beast, and the
kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him
that sat on the horse, and against his army. 20 And the beast was taken, and
151
with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he
deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that
worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with
brimstone. 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon
the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled
with their flesh.”
“Revelation 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key
of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the
dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a
thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and
set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the
thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little
season. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given
unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of
Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast,
neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in
their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the
rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is
the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first
resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests
of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7 And when
the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And
shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth,
Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the
sand of the sea. 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and
compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came
down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 10 And the devil that
deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and
the false prophet are , and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
152
”11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the
earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were
opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead
were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to
their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and
hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man
according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book
of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
“Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven
and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John
saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out
of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell
with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them,
and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and
there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be
any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat upon
the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for
these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst
of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all
things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and
unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
153
“9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials
full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will
shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. 10 And he carried me away in the spirit
to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy
Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God:
and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear
as crystal; 12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the
gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the
twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13 On the east three gates; on the north
three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 14 And the
wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to
measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 16 And the city
lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the
city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the
height of it are equal. 17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and
forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold,
like unto clear glass. 19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were
garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper;
the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 20 The
fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the
ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an
amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of
one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are
the temple of it. 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon,
to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light
thereof. 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of
it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. 25 And
154
the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. 27 And
there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever
worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s
book of life.”
“Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as
crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of
the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which
bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves
of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no more
curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants
shall serve him: 4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their
foreheads. 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle,
neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign
for ever and ever. 6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true:
and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants
the things which must shortly be done. 7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he
that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 8 And I John saw these
things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship
before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 9 Then saith he
unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the
prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. 10 And
he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time
is at hand. 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let
him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that
is holy, let him be holy still.”